Striping device



0d. 18, 1932. 3, Bugs 7 1,882,770

STRIPING' DEVICE Filed NOV. 6, 1929 Patented a. 18, 1932 UNITED? STATES- KENLY C; IBUGG, OFST. IiO-UIS, MISSOURI STRIPING DEVICE.

. Application filed November 6, 1929; Serial No. 405,087.

' the paint or other substance by one of the hands of the operator so that the device may be readily moved along the surface to which the stripe is to be applied, and the stripe may be applied to such surface, with great facility it} and rapidity.

In the embodiment of the invention herein shown and described it will be apparent that the container for the stripe forming substance may constitute the handle for manipulation of the device; or the device may be constructed and arranged so that the container for the paint may be held and-manipulated by one hand while the deviceis operated by the other hand of the user. So, too, it will be made apparent that other variations of the invention may be used without departing in the least from the nature and principle thereof.

Various other objects and advantages of this invention will be made apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing inwhich Fig. l is a side elevation with parts in section showing an embodiment-of the invention in which thecontainer for the paint functions also as a handle for manipulating the device.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the paint applicator.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan yiew of the paint applicator.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view of the paint applicator.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing an embodiment of the invention in which the paint applicator is manipulated by one hand of the operator and the paint container is manipulated by the other hand of the operator.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1 the paint applicator comprises a strip of resilient sheet metal 1 which is made of a length and width appropriate for the uses to which thespecific device is to be applied. The applicator strip 1 is readily flexible and is resilient so that it will immediately resume its original shape. and position whenreleased from pressure or strain.

The forward end of the applicator strip. 1 is constructed so that it. will discharge and form allongany desired surfacea stripe of paint having sharply and clearly defined sides so that: the paint will not run laterally and will remain of uniform and clearly defined width. As. shown, the forward end of the strip 1 is provided with a notch 2 extending rearwardly a slight distance and having a lateral width exactly equal to the widthof the. stripe that is to be formed by the device. It will be understood that when stripes of different widthsare: to be formed different applicators are used. For, an applicator for forming a stripe of narrow width is inappropriate for forming a stripe of greater; width, and vice versa;

A tubular fitting comprising a stem 3 and a base 4.- is rigidly attached to the-upper side of the front end of the strip 1 in a relationship in which the. passage 5 through the fitting opens into the notch 2. The passage 5 is' of greater diameter and is therefore of greater capacity than the notch 2. Thus, the notch 2 constitutes a restricted discharge outlet through which the paint, or other material may pass from the passage 5 tothe surface to which stripe is to be applied. By making the passage 5 of considerably greater size and capacity than the notch '2 an unfailing and unvarying supply of paint may be caused to. pass through the notch 2 so that a stripe will be formed of unvarying width and practically unvarying thickness. A tube 6 having therethrough a passage 7 of about the same size as the passage 5 has one end telescoped on the fitting 3 so as to form therewith an hermetic joint and has its opposite end telescoped on a tubular extension 8' projecting from a body 9 rigid with the upperside of the opposite end 1: the strip 1 from the fitting 3. The body 9 and the extension 8 have therethrough a continuous passage 10 for conducting the paint to and discharging the paint into. th apassage 7 in the tube 6. Y

The body 9 has therein an interior-s.

threaded passage 11 opening into the passage 10. This passage 11 is designed and adapted to receive the threaded discharge end 12 of a container 13 for the paint or other substance to be applied by this applicator. The discharge outlet for the container is through the discharge end 12, and the wall of said container 13 is otherwise imperforate. This container 13 is also an ejector and, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, constitutes a handle for manipulating the device. Said container 13 comprises means for ejecting the stripe forming substance therefrom to the outlet 12 and into or through the passage 11 and thence throughthe passages 10, 7 and to the discharge opening 2. The wall of the container 13 is flexible but is not resilient so that, b the application of pressure to the wall ofv said container, the contents will be ejected therefrom and forced through the passages leading to the discharge outlet- 2. Because the wall of the container 13 is not resilient it will not spring back or resume its original shape when pressure is released or removed therefrom, but will retain the shape to which it is compressed so that when pressure is again applied a continuous flow of the paint or other substance will be immediately ejected through the applicator opening 2. The outlet 12 may be readily screwed into and from the passage 11 so that when one container is emptied it may be moved'and another container substituted therefon i In the variation of the invention as shown in Fig. 5, the device comprises a resilient applicator strip 14-, similar to the applicator, strip 1 and having at its forward end a discharge opening similar to the discharge opening 2. A tubular fitting comprising a stem 15 and a base 16 is rigidly attached to the upper side of the front end of the strip 14 in a relationship in which the passage through the tubular stem 15 opens into the applicator notch at the end of the strip 14 in the same way that the passage 5 opens into the notch 2 at the forward end of the applicator strip 1. So, too, the passage through the stem 15'is of greater diameter and is therefore of greater capacity than the applicator notch. Thus, the applicator notch constitutes a restricted discharge outlet through which the paint or other material may pass from the tubular fitting 15 to the surface of which the. material is to be applied as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4. By making the passage through the stem 15 of considerably reater size and capacity than the applicator notch an unfailing and unvarying supply of paint may be caused to pass through the applicator notch so that the stripe will be formed of unvarying width and practically unvarying thickness. I

A tube 17 having therethrough apassage 18 of about the-same size as the passage through the fitting 15 has one end telescoped on said fitting 15 so as to form therewith an hermetic joint, and has its opposite end telescoped on a tubular extension 19 projecting from an interiorly threaded hollow body 20. The outlet 21 from a container 22 is screwed into the body 20. The wall of the container 22 is flexible but not resilient and constitutes an ejector for ejecting the stripe forming substance therefrom through the tube 17 to the applicator opening at the end of the applicator strip 14. Since the wall of the container 22 is not resilient it will not spring back to or resume its original shape when pressure is released or removed therefrom, but will retain the shape to which it is compressed so that when pressure is again applied a continuous flow of the substance therein will be immediately ejected through the applicator.

A body 23 is attached to the end of the applicator strip 14 opposite from the fitting 15 and has detachable connection 24.- with a handle 25. Thus in the use of the device shown in Fig. 5, the handle 25 is engaged by one hand and the applicator is thereby manipulated, while the container ejector 22 is engaged and operated by the other hand so as toeject the paint or other substance therefrom in conformity with the manipuation of the device by the hand engaging the handle 25 Thus, in the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the container ejector also constitutes a handle; whereas, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, the device is manipulated by a handle 25 which is separate from the container ejector 22. Either form or embodiment of the invention may be used, as preferred.

The under sides of the applicator strips 1 and 14 are constructed and arranged so that they will not mar the face or surface along which the applicators are moved, but will permit the application of stripes or other configurations by manipulation of the devices in a manner which is now obvious. The device may be otherwise varied Without departure from the prinicple thereof. I do not restrict myself in other respects, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A striping device comprising a resilient applicator having a discharge opening at one end, a tubular stem in connection with said applicator and communicating with said opening, a body in connection with the opposite end of said applicator and having paint receiving passage therethrough, a flexible tube for conducting paint from said passage to said stem, and a handle in connection with said body.

2. A striping device comprising a flexible applicator having a discharge opening through one end, a flexible tube having one end connected with said applicator and communicating with said discharge opening, a body rigid with the opposite end of said applicator and connected with the opposite end of said tube and having a passage opening into said tube, and a combined handle and ejector device connected with said body and opening into said passage for forcing paint therethrough.

3. A striping device comprising a resilient applicator havlng a portion adapted to slide along the surface to be striped provided with a discharge opening for, defining the width of the stripe, a body attached to said applicator at a distance from said opening and having a paint conducting passage therethrough, a tube for conducting paint from said passage to said opening, and a compressible combined handle and paint container attached to said body and opening into said passage and being engageable as a handle-to operate the striping device and also to force paint through said body and through said tube and said passage and said opening.

4. A striping device comprising a resilient applicator having a discharge end portion adapted to slide along the surface to be striped and provided with an opening for defining the width of the stripe, a tube connected with the discharge end of said applicator for conducting paint thereto, and a handle attached to the opposite end of said applicator from said discharge end.

5. A striping device comprising a resilient applicator having a discharge end portion adapted to slide along the surface to be striped and provided with an opening for defining the width of the stripe, a tubular stem attached to the discharge end of the applicator for discharging paint through said opening, a tube connected with said tubular stem, an ejector for ejecting paint through said tube, and a handle attached to said applicator at a distance from said tubular stem.

6. A striping device comprising a flexible applicator having a discharge opening at one end for defining the width of the stripe, a tube having one end in connection with said applicator and communicating with said discharge opening, means for ejecting paint through said tube, and a handle attached to the opposite end of said applicator.

KENLY O. BUGG. 

